The status quo is working.

The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.

I'm a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government.

Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us.

In too many cases, if our Government had set out determined to destroy the family, it couldn't have done greater damage than some of what we see today.